[Zombie James]

Ohhhhhhh goooossshhhhhh Tasks is the best thing ever. And yes it does have a resizable widget, and it's pretty much a copy of Gmail's. So awesome.

Needs a dark theme, though.

[Andrex]

Ya that'd be nice but the rest is perfect. It really feels Google made (in a good way.)

[OriginalThinking]

Ya that'd be nice but the rest is perfect. It really feels Google made (in a good way.)

Agreed. Bought it and stuck the widget on my home screen. ICS style guides + GTasks sync + Resizeable widget = win.

[Andrex]

Dunno if anyone cares but ComiXology for Android was recently updated. Feels more like an ICS app now.

[Htown]

So if my phone says it's on Android version 2.3.3, how far behind is it in updates? (HTC update says my phone is up to date, which I guess means they aren't putting any more software out.)

[Vyse The Legend]

What is the best anti-theft app? Cerberus?

[quaere]

Suggestions for travel apps which work offline?

[Altazor]

What is the best anti-theft app? Cerberus?

there's a chilean-made app called Prey, and I've only heard (and read) nothing but praise for it. Hell, even Neil Gaiman himself recommended it a while ago in twitter.

[Messypandas]

Can anyone suggest how I can unbrick my samsung galaxy s? I took it to the vodaphone shop and dude literally suggested I go online and look for some software to do it because he said its easier than sending it back to samsung. But i'm not really sure what i'm looking for. I can get it the phone into "download" mode. Any help greatly appreciated.

[Doopliss]

Can anyone suggest how I can unbrick my samsung galaxy s? I took it to the vodaphone shop and dude literally suggested I go online and look for some software to do it because he said its easier than sending it back to samsung. But i'm not really sure what i'm looking for. I can get it the phone into "download" mode. Any help greatly appreciated.

Can you get into recovery mode? Have you tried doing a data wipe/factory reset from there? (That'll wipe all apps and settings, but leave your music/videos/pictures/documents etc.)

Otherwise, the best place to look for information is the forum for your device on XDA. Check the FAQ threads and do a search for brick/unbrick/whatever. You probably won't find exact instructions but if you read enough threads you'll piece together what you have to do to get the thing working again.

[rubbishmonkey]

What is the best anti-theft app? Cerberus?

there's a chilean-made app called Prey, and I've only heard (and read) nothing but praise for it. Hell, even Neil Gaiman himself recommended it a while ago in twitter.

I've used both, thankfully i've never had my phone go missing and so never had to use any of the features in anger.
Prey is a great app but Cerebus has alot more features, as you would expect from something thats free vs something thats paid for (its a one off fee and not monthly like some others). In my opinion Cerebus is the better (best i've found) secruity option but Prey is a good free alternative, you just might have to pair it up with something that can remotely delete your stuff as i seem to recall it doesn't do that (only passwords, and not naked photos of wives, horses, husbands).

[yogloo]

What is the best anti-theft app? Cerberus?

I've never tried prey. But cerberus is very very good.

[Hieberrr]

Can anyone suggest how I can unbrick my samsung galaxy s? I took it to the vodaphone shop and dude literally suggested I go online and look for some software to do it because he said its easier than sending it back to samsung. But i'm not really sure what i'm looking for. I can get it the phone into "download" mode. Any help greatly appreciated.

If you can get into download mode your fine (not bricked). I'm assuming you have the i9000, so just look up the the oficisl firmware for your phone and flash it with Odin visit download mode. Its not hard at all :) Google it and it'll tell you how. I had to do it 3 times myself because I kept flashing different roms that required a different "base" fw.

[Messypandas]

Can you get into recovery mode? Have you tried doing a data wipe/factory reset from there? (That'll wipe all apps and settings, but leave your music/videos/pictures/documents etc.) Otherwise, the best place to look for information is the forum for your device on XDA. Check the FAQ threads and do a search for brick/unbrick/whatever. You probably won't find exact instructions but if you read enough threads you'll piece together what you have to do to get the thing working again.

If you can get into download mode your fine (not bricked). I'm assuming you have the i9000, so just look up the the oficisl firmware for your phone and flash it with Odin visit download mode. Its not hard at all :) Google it and it'll tell you how. I had to do it 3 times myself because I kept flashing different roms that required a different "base" fw.

Cheers guys you've been a big help. Yeah i can get it into download but not recovery mode. I've been doing some research and think i've got the general jist of it, although some of the language is completely alien to me and most of the firmware links they have are usually dead Gonna try my first flash now with odin.

[Hieberrr]

Cheers guys you've been a big help. Yeah i can get it into download but not recovery mode. I've been doing some research and think i've got the general jist of it, although some of the language is completely alien to me and most of the firmware links they have are usually dead Gonna try my first flash now with odin.

Glad I helped. And blah, typing on my phone = gibberish LOL.

Yeah, unfortunately I think you'll have to sign up for the Samsung repo or something to get the firmware straight from them. I can'r remember where that is exactly though :(

But I hope you fix it :)

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And then join me on team MIUI :P :lol

[Magic Ovaries]

Opera mobile with extensions http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/e...a-mobile-labs/

[Andrex]

Chrome, get your ass in gear.

[SimleuqiR]

Chrome, get your ass in gear.

I feel like it has been ages since the Mobile version got an update >_>

[Magic Ovaries]

Pretty cool, you can use Lastpass with Opera...for freeee!

[ScOULaris]

All that I would like to see in future updates to tasks is a dark theme for both the app and its widget.

Either that or the developer of Simple Calendar Widget adding Tasks support would be good enough for me. Until that happens, I'm sticking with gTasks.

[SimleuqiR]

For the few GAFers making Android apps:

http://android-developers.blogspot.c...-hardware.html A Faster Emulator with Better Hardware Support

[Greyface]

Any recommendation for a tablet email app? The email app on the galaxy tab (not the gmail one) doesn't filter out the some of the spam unlike all the other email clients I use. :|

[celebi23]

For the few GAFers making Android apps: http://android-developers.blogspot.c...-hardware.html A Faster Emulator with Better Hardware Support

FINALLY!!!

[moojito]

Are there any decent sites I could start visiting for news/reviews etc of android apps and games? A random google search brings up some dodgy sounding sites, so I figure here is the place to ask!

[rubbishmonkey]

Are there any decent sites I could start visiting for news/reviews etc of android apps and games? A random google search brings up some dodgy sounding sites, so I figure here is the place to ask!

I like Android Police and android central, but usually just browse the modaco and xda forums

[moojito]

I like Android Police and android central, but usually just browse the modaco and xda forums

They both look pretty decent. Cheers for that!

[BigJonsson]

Awesome recommendations on the front page :)



Does anyone know if you can sync your contacts on the phone with contacts on facebook? The Blackberry FB app actually did this automatically on my old phone

And you should add the Score Mobile app to the OP, its the best sports app I have ever used

[Mafro]

Not liking the design of this new Boid update at all. Icons have replaced the text at the top of the columns and as a result it's lost the whole ICS vibe, which was by far the best thing about it.

[Doopliss]

Tasks is really great, but maybe a bit too nice to use? Instead of helping me focus on the important stuff I have to do (for which I downloaded it) I just spent 30 minutes adding lists of books, DVDs and video games I have on my shelves waiting to be read/watched/derped.

The only additional thing I want from it is the ability to collapse and expand indented groups of tasks. I submitted an entry about that on their feature suggestions page, so if anyone want to +1 it: http://goo.gl/mod/Pt0o

[ochobit]

Does anyone know if you can sync your contacts on the phone with contacts on facebook? The Blackberry FB app actually did this automatically on my old phone

Yes, it is possible, unless you're running ICS, in which case you need to download apps to do so (like HaxSync).

[Bboy AJ]

Not liking the design of this new Boid update at all. Icons have replaced the text at the top of the columns and as a result it's lost the whole ICS vibe, which was by far the best thing about it.

Icons are much better than using text. It's just that these icons are ugly. I don't see how text gives it an ICS vibe when none of the GApps use text.

[Doopliss]

Icons are much better than using text. It's just that these icons are ugly. I don't see how text gives it an ICS vibe when none of the GApps use text.

Play Store, Youtube, Google Music and Google+ all have the text tabs between which you can swipe left and right.

[Bboy AJ]

Play Store, Youtube, Google Music and Google+ all have the text tabs between which you can swipe left and right.

The only one that needs text is Google Music. The others are outliers from the rest of other Google apps. And Google+ doesn't solely use text, does it? I always think of the Circle and Photo icons.

[JonathanEx]

The only one that needs text is Google Music. The others are outliers from the rest of other Google apps. And Google+ doesn't solely use text, does it? I always think of the Circle and Photo icons.

When you're looking at the stream, the swipey-tabs have text above them (Technical term, swipey tabs, you know.)

The Design page on this: http://developer.android.com/design/...structure.html

If you want 'getting ICS wrong', look at HTC... driving my OCD size nuts. Why are you making the accent colour of everything green when it should be blue, you MONSTERS

[OriginalThinking]

Not liking the design of this new Boid update at all. Icons have replaced the text at the top of the columns and as a result it's lost the whole ICS vibe, which was by far the best thing about it.

They'll make it an option to choose between them in a future release. Right now Boid is lovely to look at but is very much still alpha and vertical scrolling isn't as smooth as the Official app. They are also going to have their work cut out if Carbon releases before them, particularly if carbon offers push.

[SimleuqiR]

They'll make it an option to choose between them in a future release. Right now Boid is lovely to look at but is very much still alpha and vertical scrolling isn't as smooth as the Official app. They are also going to have their work cut out if Carbon releases before them, particularly if carbon offers push.

Carbon being the WebOS Twitter client? They porting that over?

[Mafro]

They'll make it an option to choose between them in a future release. Right now Boid is lovely to look at but is very much still alpha and vertical scrolling isn't as smooth as the Official app. They are also going to have their work cut out if Carbon releases before them, particularly if carbon offers push.

Yeah I've just seen the upcoming changes in the next update:

What To Expect In v0.7.2 1. Improved search interface 2. Bringing back pull to refresh, the refresh button in the action bar will stay too however. 3. An option to turn off iconic tabs and display text instead 4. Improved direct message composition interface 5. Improved list position save support when going in and out of timeline screen (e.g., to the tweet viewer and back). This doesn’t include killing and app and coming back, for now. 6. Bug fixes and other UI improvements

Carbon being the WebOS Twitter client? They porting that over?

Yep http://youtu.be/BcloiEZa1iI

[SimleuqiR]

Yeah I've just seen the upcoming changes in the next update: Yep http://youtu.be/BcloiEZa1iI

Wow! Transition effects galore!! And huge profile photo icons!!

[navanman]

Needs a dark theme, though.

Your wish is their command as its in the latest update. It looks awesome too.

[Fatalah]

Is there an app which allows you to view the shared drives/folders on your home network?

[Andrex]

Your wish is their command as its in the latest update. It looks awesome too.

Ohhhhhhh goooossshhhhhh Tasks is the best thing ever. And yes it does have a resizable widget, and it's pretty much a copy of Gmail's. So awesome.

x100000

[beje]

Is there an app which allows you to view the shared drives/folders on your home network?

Try ES File Explorer: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...gs.android.pop

[Fatalah]

Try ES File Explorer: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...gs.android.pop

Thanks!

[Roofy]

I hate what they did to Boid. It looked so good!

[voodooray]

Is there an app which allows you to view the shared drives/folders on your home network?

Try ES File Explorer: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...gs.android.pop

As I recommended in an older post, check out X-plore, which allows bookmarked servers as well, but also has a nifty dual pane mode that makes copying from one location to another a breeze:

[Hylian7]

Okay, is there any free screenshot app out there that works well? ShootMe is not on the store anymore. My phone is rooted if it matters.

I'm also considering dropping the money on Tasker, is it worth it?

[Oozer3993]

Okay, is there any free screenshot app out there that works well? ShootMe is not on the store anymore. My phone is rooted if it matters. I'm also considering dropping the money on Tasker, is it worth it?

Llama does a lot of the things Tasker does, but Llama is free.

[Jayayess1190]

Mobisle Notes - Notepad

It is just a simple note taking/check list app, but it looks pretty and has no ads.

[zbeeb]

ReaditLater has been updated (and rebranded) into Pocket. New Holo theme included, its great!

Pocket - Formerly ReaditLater

[Mafro]

ReaditLater has been updated (and rebranded) into Pocket. New Holo theme included, its great! Pocket - Formerly ReaditLater

Ironic that it's now ICS themed, yet the manage site subscriptions option still doesn't work on Android 3.0 or higher. I think Instapaper is the app I miss the most ever since I changed from an iPhone 4 to a Galaxy Nexus.